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With Trade week winding down and the Doggies unlikely (though we have been linked) to make any more changes to the list I thought maybe it would be time to turn our attention to the draft. Yeah its still a month or so away, but it would be intersting to discuss what people think we need; what those in the know think we'll realisticaly get and who could possibly be around to fill these slots.
From what I have read, from forums, journo's, posts her on Woof there seems to be a general feeling that the draft is not as deep as prior seasons. Which seems reasonable since there are less guys eligible than in prior years. With that in mind, I think we probably only really need 2 maybe 3 picks in the draft and that we'd probably be better off, salary cap permitting of course, re-signing Aka and Eagle, since they are likely to give us more than a 4+ round pick would (unless we uncover a colossal gem).
In terms of what we select, I know that on tht other forum a lot of the Phantom Drafts which are posted seem to suggest that the doggies will again chase tall timber. I personally don't think so. I think we have a pretty solid pipeline of talls in Grant, Cordy, Roughie, Jones, Bouman, Williams, Everitt and Tiller (to a lesser extent). Why would we stock up on more developing talls.
That said, I don't necessarily think that we will solely go for midfield players either, but if we do I think we'll go looking for quick pacy mid-fielders capable of running the lines. Its no secret that Ray's departure left the succesion planning of Eagle's retirement with a short term gap. If possible we'd also look for a pacy small forward, with crumbing and goal kicking ability.
In short I really think that this draft is a draft where we will try to get a couple of specific player types, but again we will not overlook a bargain and if a top 10 slides I think we'll go the best available option and choose them. To me we have a couple of areas on the list which need attention, but they are not critical deficiencies.
From what I have read, from forums, journo's, posts her on Woof there seems to be a general feeling that the draft is not as deep as prior seasons. Which seems reasonable since there are less guys eligible than in prior years. With that in mind, I think we probably only really need 2 maybe 3 picks in the draft and that we'd probably be better off, salary cap permitting of course, re-signing Aka and Eagle, since they are likely to give us more than a 4+ round pick would (unless we uncover a colossal gem).
In terms of what we select, I know that on tht other forum a lot of the Phantom Drafts which are posted seem to suggest that the doggies will again chase tall timber. I personally don't think so. I think we have a pretty solid pipeline of talls in Grant, Cordy, Roughie, Jones, Bouman, Williams, Everitt and Tiller (to a lesser extent). Why would we stock up on more developing talls.
That said, I don't necessarily think that we will solely go for midfield players either, but if we do I think we'll go looking for quick pacy mid-fielders capable of running the lines. Its no secret that Ray's departure left the succesion planning of Eagle's retirement with a short term gap. If possible we'd also look for a pacy small forward, with crumbing and goal kicking ability.
In short I really think that this draft is a draft where we will try to get a couple of specific player types, but again we will not overlook a bargain and if a top 10 slides I think we'll go the best available option and choose them. To me we have a couple of areas on the list which need attention, but they are not critical deficiencies.
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